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HISTORY OF THE DUROC 



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A SHORT HISTORY OF 
THE DUROC JERSEY 
BREED OF SWINE 

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BY 

ROBT. J. EVANS 

Founder of the Duroc Btdletin, Former Secretary 

of the National Duroc Jersey Record 

Association; Present Secretary of the 

American Swine Breeders' 

Association 



Published by 

JAMES J. DOTY PUBLISHING CO. 
(Duroc Bulletin) (Swine World) 






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Copyright 1918, by 
JAMES J. DOTY PUBLISHING CO. 



DEC 20 1918 

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INTRODUCTION 

The most frequent inquiry that has 
come to my desk each week for the last 
several years is, ''Where can I find a book 
that contains a history of Durocs?" In 
order to answer many of the questions that 
arise in the mind of the student of pedi- 
gree, and in the mind of the man who has 
embarked into Duroc breeding with the 
intention of mating to produce improve- 
ment, I have written this little book. No 
man can be a breeder of hogs and make 
headway with his work, and make im- 
provement in the quality and character- 
istics of his herd animals unless he knows 
something of the commingling of blood 
that produced his herd headers. Only a 
few of the questions that have come to me 
in the recent years about the breed are an- 
swered in this book. Much of the early 
history of the breed and the early herds 
has been lost for the want of a man who 
could devote his time to gathering up the 
widely scattered bits of information. 



I have tried to make the story readable, 
and in as few words as possible give as 
much information as could be boiled down 
in so small a volume. It is by no means 
a complete history of the breed. The 
writer hopes to be able to take this larger 
work up shortly and with the assistance 
of the leading men who have been active 
in the business in times past and with 
those who are leaders now, bring out a 
book that will give all of the history of the 
breed, that can be learned by a search of 
the records, and in conference with those 
who have through the trying years of the 
breeds' existence, been working for breed 
improvement. 

This book is dedicated to the interests 
of the Duroc, a breed of hogs that has 
come to the front as no other breed has 
done in the history of livestock production. 
The Duroc has brought fecundity, stamina 
and size into the pork herds of the day and 
a visit to the market centers will prove to 
the most skeptical that he is the "Farmers 
and Feeders Favorite." The prices of 



Duroc breeding stock at this writing in all 
sections where purebred hogs are raised is 
evidence of the popularity of the Duroc, 
and the reason for that popularity is his 
ability to make good as a producer of pork 
under all conditions and environments. 

For more than 25 years the writer has 
worked to scatter the gospel of "More and 
Better Durocs/' and it is with no little 
pleasure that he sees the ever-widening in- 
terest taken in his favorite breed. And 
this work is put out with the intention and 
sincere desire to help in still extending the 
fields of the Duroc. 

RoBT. J. Evans. 



HISTORY 


of 


the 


DUROC 



IT IS conceded by the best posted men in 
the Duroc business, both old and new, 
that there is little that can be relied upon 
in the early history of the Duroc as really 
authentic. This one fact, however, is pretty 
conclusively revealed by the examination of 
everything that can be had on the subject, 
that the Duroc- Jersey comes from what was 
best in two or more strains of red hogs. 
Among these were the massive, coarse Jer- 
sey Reds of New Jersey, which are descend- 
ants of a pair of pigs imported from Eng- 
land in 1832; the more compact Duroc of 
New York, so named by Isaac Frink of that 
state, after a noted stallion which he owned ; 
and from the Kentucky strain which f ounda- 



HISTORY OF THE DUROC 

tion was imported by the Honorable J. C. 
Clay who was Minister to Portugal under 
President Taylor in 1850. 

Very naturally, it was some years before 
there was any attempt to establish a type 
of any kind. The Jersey-Reds grew to ex- 
tremely large size when matured, some of 
the records being as high as 1,053 pounds 
as barrows, and one record is found of 30 
head 22 months old that averaged dressed 
at 685 pounds. The Duroc branch of the 
family carried more finish, was more neat 
in appearance, both in head and body. From 
all that can be learned of the nature of the 
J. C. Clay branch, it was a medium type of 
red hog, and must have originally come from 
the wild red hog of Northern Africa. Red 
hogs were found in an early day in every 
state on the Atlantic coast where slave trad- 
ing was carried on and it is fair to assume 
that the original of these came from North 
Africa. 

The Jersey-Reds were named by the Hon- 
orable Joseph Lyman in 1857, who was at 



HISTORY OF THE DUROC 

that time Agricultural Editor of the New- 
York Tribune and the words ''Duroc" and 
Jersey-Reds were used separately for a 
number of years. The union of these 
names under the Duroc-Jerseys and the 
merging into the one breed was made 
about the time the first steps were taken 
to organize a recording association which 
was about 1880. 

In Saratoga county, New York, and in 
Connecticut, and in Vermont, the same 
type of red hogs was bred and not until 
1877 were there an}^ united efforts to agree 
upon a standard of characteristics and 
qualifications. This was brought about by 
the breeders of Saratoga county. A table 
of characteristics was completed by this 
county association, and was the work 
largely of W. M. Holmes, who later moved 
to Iowa and continued the improvement 
of the Duroc-Jerseys in his adopted state. 
This firm was later known as C. H. Holmes 
& Co., Chas. Holmes of the firm being the 
first secretary of the American Associa- 
tion, selected in 1883. However, a Wis- 
consin organization had been formed pri- 
marily with the purpose of a record, but 
had never taken anv definite steps towards 
that end and was not doing any recording. 



HISTORY OF THE DUROC 

This organization was formed in 1882 with 
Geo. A. Lytle of Elkhorn, as president, 
and W. H. Morris from the same place as 
secretary. 

It was not until 1881-2 and -3 that there 
was any particular attention paid by the 
breeders of Duroc-Jerseys to attend the big 
shows of the country as evidenced by the 
record in the first volume in the extended 
pedigrees given in the last part of the vol- 
ume. These give the show record of these 
various animals and do not date back 
earlier than 1881, most of them being in 
1882 and 1883. The first animal recorded 
was Red Jacket No. 1, owned by Thos. 
Bennett of Illinois. 

This animal was a combination of the 
breeding of Clark Pettit, New York, Sam- 
uel Stark of South Bend, C. Burgen, Rich- 
mond, Ky., and D. W. Zink of Illinois. It 
was evident that the breeders were look- 
ing everywhere and were buying from 
different localities to secure the right cross 
and improve these hogs. We need but cite 
the pedigree of one of the show hogs of 
1884 and 5, Climax 21. He was shown by 
Railsback & Pittsford of Illinois through- 
out the West and South. Climax was first 
at Des Moines in 1884, Omaha 1884, Ot- 

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Great Orion 128377 



Grand Champion Duroc Jersey Boar at the Nebraska State Pair 
and the National Swine Show, 1918 



Great Orion 
128377 



Orion Cherry 
King- 42475 



Pal's High 

Backed 
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Cherrv King 
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Orion Lady A. 

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Throughout this book you will And a few photos of Grand 
Champions and their extended pedigrees. 



HISTORY OF THE DUROC 

tumwa 1884, Oskaloosa the same year, and 
second and Sweepstakes at Kansas City, 
second at Sedalia the same year, and first 
at New Orleans in 1885. This boar was 
sired by John Jordan 297, the latter being 
bred by Mr. Bradbury of Nasons, Va., the 
dam, Tillie (no number), bred by Clark 
Pettit. In the first volume of the Amer- 
ican record will be found the pedigree of 
animals that were winners in the big fairs 
from New York to New Jersey, Virginia 
and as far west as Omaha, Neb. The rapid 
diffusion of this blood of the Duroc-Jersey 
throughout the hog belt is evidence that 
there was need for a better pork-growing 
machine than found at that time. There is 
no comparison of the Duroc-Jersey of that 
day with the improved Duroc of today. 
Yet he had within his makeup the char- 
acteristics that were bound later to make 
him a leader in swine production. There 
were strength of character, ruggedness, 
prolificacy and the ability to put on pounds 
of pork on forage and concentrated feeds. 
The. Duroc has been developed through 
more than three quarters of a century of 
careful consideration for these qualifica- 
tions, necessary to make the best machine 
to convert grain and grass into pounds of 

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HISTORY OF THE DUROC 

pork on foot. For the most part he has 
l3een developed by men who had to make 
their living from pork growing. The idea 
in mind all the way up the line has been 
the best possible money-making hog. 

The development of a breed of live- 
stock comes usually through a few leaders 
adapted to that kind of work and the im- 
provement of the Duroc is no exception. 
Early in the history you find the names of 
Clark Pettit of New York, John S. Collins 
of New Jersey, Morton of Ohio, Railsback, 
Browning, Bennett and Stoner of Illinois, 
Holmes of Iowa, formerly of New York. 
Ingram of Illinois, Roberts, Stribling and 
West of Iowa, Harris and Crabb of Ken- 
tucky, Searle of Nebraska and Stonebraker 
of Illinois, all of whom played an impor- 
tant part in the early advancement of the 
breed. 

I fail to find in the first volume of the 
record, issued by the American, which was 
the first permanent record of Duroc-Jer- 
seys issued by the breeders of this breed of 
swine, a name that appears in the re^rent 
records of either the American or National 
records, but when we come to the second 
volume we find in it the names of many 
familiar present-day breeders. Only a 

IS 



HISTORY OF THE DUROC 

few, however, whose names are repre- 
sented in that volume, are still active in 
the work. The first volume was issued in 
1885 and the second in 1890. The National 
Association was formed in the Fall of 1891 
and issued its first volume in October, 1893, 
the first volumes being delivered at the 
World's Fair show in Chicago in October, 
1893, at a called meeting of the Board, held 
at that time. At that meeting strong reso- 
lutions were passed, copies of which were 
forwarded to every fair association of the 
country, asking that a distinct class be 
made for Durocs. Only in a few of the 
leading state fairs were these classes made 
prior to 1893, but the Durocs had been 
showing against other small breeds at that 
time. 

Connected with the early history of im- 
proved and recorded Durocs we find A. In- 
gram, Pittsford & Railsback, J. M. Brown- 
ing, G. W. Stoner, Thos. Bennett and C. J 
Stuckey in Illinois; Wm. Holmes & Son 
J. W. Doak, J. M. Shaw and A. Failor 
Iowa; Thos. Lovelock and Wm. Brad- 
bury, Virginia; F. D. Curtis, New York 
H. C Stoll, Nebraska; R. L. Williams 
Kentucky; Clark Pettit, New Jersey; P. C 
McClure, Samuel Taylor, Ohio; R. H 

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HISTORY OF THE DUROC 

Gage and Geo. A. Lytle, Wisconsin. These 
names appear very often in Volume I of the 
American record. In the second and third 
volumes we find the names of J. M. Stone- 
braker, Jos. Vogel, Illinois; S. E. Morton, 
Ohio; Amos Harris, Kentucky; Herring 
& Hummer, Iowa; G. W. Witham, Illi- 
nois; John S. Collins, N. J.; I. M. Stansell, 
Illinois; Rankin & Son, Illinois; William 
Roberts and J. W. Stribling, Iowa. The 
leading families of the breed and the hun- 
dreds of noted animals produced by their 
blood lines, with but few exceptions, trace 
directly to animals recorded in Volumes 
1, 2 and 3 of the American record, bred by 
these breeders whose names we have here 
listed. 

J. M. Stonebraker^s first recorded boar 
was Ben Butler 1387, by Dan Voorhees Jr. 
323, by old Dan Voorhees, unrecorded. 
Dan Voorhees Jr. was used by Railsback 
& Pittsford of Hopedale, 111., breeders who 
in 1882-3 and -4 were showing Durocs at 
the principal western shows. 

J. M. Browning's foundation herd was 
eleven sows, purchased from A. Ingram, 
being a combination of Ingram's and 
Bradbury's breeding, the latter a resident 
of Virginia. One of these eleven sows was 

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HISTORY OF THE DUROC 

later the dam of British Wonder 917, a 
famous show hog^ in the Browning- & Son 
herd, grand champion at Illinois fair, 1890, 
and other early shows. British Wonder 
917 was by Perry Duke 185, the latter com- 
ing from the Tom Bennett herd and was 
sired by Red Chief, unrecorded, who was 
also the sire of Red Jacket No. 1, the first 
Duroc boar ever put on record. The dam 
of British Wonder was Queen of the West 
530, a sow from the Ingram herd. 

William Roberts' first recorded herd 
boar was Alexis, from the same herd men- 
tioned above (Railsback & Pittsford), and 
was first at St. Louis, 1882, second at Iowa, 
1883, Nebraska 1883. Later he used Her- 
man H. from the Herring & Hummer herd, 
a boar tracing to Climax 21, winner at 
New Orleans in 1885 and seven big fairs in 
1884; further on in his work of construct- 
ing Durocs, Mr. Roberts used Delay 3167, 
by Troubadour and Supply 4563, both of 
which he bought from the Morton herd, 
the latter being sired by Col. M., the foun- 
dation of the Colonel family. Columbian 
Duke 3457 was also raised in this herd in 
the early 90s and his get was at Chicago, 
his breeding tracing to the C. J. Stuckey 
herd of Illinois (now a breeder of Ohio). 

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HISTORY OF THE DUROC 

Mr. Roberts also used Exchanger 2539a- 
159n, bred by N. Harrington of Iowa, and 
sired by Imperial 2nd, by Monas Imperial 
and out of the sow Mona 2nd. The dam of 
Exchanger was a full sister of his sire, 
making Exchanger an inbred boar. This 
boar was later sold to Mr. Stonebraker of 
Illinois and was shown in Chicago in 1893, 
winning in the aged class, and he also 
placed several of his get in the winnings. 
Exchanger was an inbred Holmes boar, 
tracing through both his sire and dam to 
Mona 2nd, winner at New Orleans in 1885, 
Des Moines '83, and Ottumwa '84, and 
Chicago at the old exposition in '81. Fur- 
ther along in the Roberts' herd Allison was 
purchased of Walter Abernathy of Indiana 
and about the time of the World's Fair in 
Chicago Mr. Roberts purchased the great 
show sow Ohio Anna 10068, foundation 
sow of the Ohio Anna family and dam of 
the Orions. Roberts & Sons' name became 
synonymous with good Durocs, and this 
firm was a leader in Iowa improvement for 
a good many years. Old Orion was pur- 
chased by them in 1895 and crossed with 
Ohio Anna 8th, producing Orion 2nd. 

The brightest light that guided the way 
for Duroc improvement in pioneer days 

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Grand. Champion Duroc Jersey Sow at the Nebraska State 
Fair and the National Swine Show, 1918 



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536804n 



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HISTORY OF THE DUROC 

and the star that led through many trying 
years, a man to whom Durocs and Duroc 
breeders owe more than to any one man 
for breed building and for swine leader- 
ship in his day and time, came upon the 
scene of action early in the '80s and by 
his knowledge of mating and his master 
mind in constructive breeding, laid the 
foundation for several of the most noted 
families the breed has ever known. The 
world has produced no greater construc- 
tive swine breeder than Sam Morton of 
Ohio. The foundation of his recorded herd 
was Derby 3962, Molly Ann 3964, Mora 
3966, Java 3968 and Vernal 2nd 3970, pur- 
chased from, the Browning herd in Illinois, 
and on the same trip to the Sucker State he 
purchased Champion Wonder 1299 from 
Andrew Ingram. The sows mentioned 
were all daughters of British Wonder 917 
and out of Vernal 998, tracing to Nero 205 
from the William Holmes herd. Champion 
Wonder was by the same sire as British 
Wonder and out of Success 2nd 2668, by 
Perry Duke, the latter sire of both British 
Wonder and Champion Wonder. The fa- 
mous Duchess sows of the Morton herd 
were founded on one of these sows. Vernal 
2nd 3970. She was mated to Granville 2nd 

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HISTORY OF THE DUROC 

1301, whose dam was by Perry Duke, and 
who on his sire's side was a great-grandson 
of Ferry Duke. Of this cross came Vernal 
2nd's daughter. In four generations of 
Vernal 2nd's daughter's pedigree. Perry 
Duke, the foundation boar, appears four 
times. Vernal 2nd's daughter was mated 
to King Stoner 1661, producing Duchess 
2nd 5932. King Stoner was from the G. W. 
Stoner herd of Illinois, was sired by Prince 
Apollo, a boar of the Holmes and Clark 
pedigree. Duchess 2nd was later mated 
to Troubadour 2255 by Doak 2nd, bred by 
Mr. Doak, of Iowa, and produced Duchess 
9th. Duchess 9th was second aged sow at 
the Columbian Show of '93. There is little 
doubt that this intense breeding brought 
about by the commingling of these blood 
lines and by the adding of an occasional 
outcross produced as good a family of 
sows as has ever been known. Duchess 9th 
was bred to Colongues by Legal Tender, 
by King Stoner; Legal Tender's dam being 
by Morton's Perfection, a sow tracing di- 
rectly back to Mora, one of Morton's foun- 
dation sows. Duchess 19th was produced 
by this cross to Colongues, and she was 
mated to Storm Kino-, a boar tracing di- 
rectly back to the Duchess sows and Duch- 

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HISTORY OF THE DUROC 

ess 32nd resulted from this cross. Duchess 
40th was produced by the mating of Walts 
Col. to Duchess 32nd 13364, just men- 
tioned in the preceding sentence. This 
latter cross threw in another tracing to Trou- 
badour, another to King Stoner, and an- 
other still to Mora, the show sow men- 
tioned previously. Duchess 40th 18958 was 
mated to Protection and produced Ohio 
Chief and Chief of Ohio. She was mated 
to Orion 2nd and produced Top Notcher, 
the head of the Top Notcher family, and 
was mated to Morton's King and produced 
Winchester Chief 10077, a boar that added 
size and strength to Indiana Durocs. 

Thos. Bennett of Illinois bought few 
boars from other breeders, preferring to 
line and interbreed, for during the '80s and 
early '90s we find but two boars in use in 
his herd from outside breeding. One was 
Oswego 665 by old Dan Voorhees, un- 
recorded, mentioned heretofore as being 
used in the Railsback & Pittsford herd. 
The other was Legal Tender 2179, pur- 
chased from S. E. Morton after the latter 
breeder had used him some time. Boars 
of his own breeding used in these dozen 
or more years were Chickasaw Chief 1551, 
Choctaw Chief 1553, Conqueror 2181, Joe 

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HISTORY OF THE DUROC 

the Banker 1955, Cuckoo 3063, and the 
latter's son, Hero 1955, grand champion 
boar in his under year form at Chicago, 
'93. The get of Cuckoo showed splendidly 
at this fair and the old boar himself lacked 
fitting or would have given Col. M. a hard 
tussle for first honors in the top class. 
Choctaw Chief was out of Minnesota 702, 
a winner at the old exposition in Chicago 
in '81. 

Amos Harris of Kentucky was the most 
southerly located of any breeder recording 
in these early days, and he was using La- 
foon 1315 from the Stoner breeding; Mor- 
ton 2305, a King Stoner boar, from the 
Morton herd; Edgemont 2625, a Trouba- 
dour boar from the same herd; Hummer 
3371 from the Herring & Hummer herd, 
and Guy Wilkes 3459 from the Ingram 
herd. 

G. W. Stoner of Illinois used old Breck- 
enridge 387, a boar produced at Brecken- 
ridge. Mo., and a boar recognized at that 
time as having wonderful stretch and size 
and vigor. Prince Apollo, his son, was also 
used in this herd and later on Royal Duke 
1357 from Rankin & Son of Illinois; Cam- 
den Prince 1615 from the Morton herd, 

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HISTORY OF THE DUROC 

sired by Champion Wonder 1299, brother 
to British Wonder, was also used. 

Mr. J. H. Lathrop of Iowa used in his 
herd a boar by Iowa Champion, from the 
Hubbard herd, and sows from the Stuckey 
and Morton herd. 

Our object in giving these paragraphs 
regarding these boars, is to bring to your 
mind the amount of buying and selling of 
herd boars that was going on between the 
different sections of the country. With 
the few exceptions we have given you the 
breeding and the boars used in these herds 
for ten or twelve years before the Colum- 
bian Exposition, 1893, the first place that the 
Durocs had been accorded a place worthy 
of their standing in any show of world 
wide significance. The show at Chicago 
brought together the herds of Ohio, Illi- 
nois, Nebraska and Iowa. The show was 
judged by J. A. Countryman, of Rochelle, 
Illinois, who was assisted by D. J. Spauld- 
ing, of Black River Falls, Wisconsin. The 
herds represented were that of Morton, 
Bennett, Searle, Stonebraker, Chandler & 
Son (Nebraska), Walter & Bro., Roberts 
& Son, G. W. Trone, J. H. Lathrop. There 
was a variety of type found among the 
boars of the several classes but from the 

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HISTORY OF THE DUROC 

best account of the show put in print at 
that time, for which we are indebted to 
the Breeders' Gazette, it would seem that 
the judges succeeded in placing animals 
worthy of the position he gave them. 
Hero, the Grand Champion boar, was 
surely best of the male section, and was 
awarded that place after being placed at 
the head of the under-year class. The 
sows of the show, as they do many times 
in our later contests, made more pleasing 
appearance and showed more even type. 
Lucy Wonder, the head of the great Won- 
der family of sows was placed at the top 
in the aged class. Duchess 9th, men- 
tioned heretofore in these pages, being 
second. Some mighty choice things in 
the pig class came to light from the Ben- 
net herd, daughters of Cuckoo, already 
mentioned. They showed considerable 
length, well backed, and hammed and lots 
of finish and quality. In closing the ac- 
count of this sow the Breeders' Gazette 
states that the judge would not have gone 
wrong if he had turned Lucy Wonder 
down for Champion and placed the purple 
on Bennett's under-twelve-month pig. 
Brightness. 

Two years after the Columbian Expo- 

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HISTORY OF THE DUROC 

sition old Orion was farrowed on the N. 
P. Clark farm at Monticello, Iowa, and 
was shown with his litter mates at Des 
Moines that Fall. The history of this boar 
and his litter mates and their progeny 
form a prominent part of Duroc lore from 
1895 to 1900. 

About 1890 in Northwest Iowa another 
breeder of Durocs was gathering a herd 
destined to play an important part in de- 
veloping the good feeding qualities and 
increasing the popularity of Durocs in the 
Corn Belt. O. S. West, of Iowa, gathered 
his breeding hogs from the various good 
herds. Among his first boars was one 
called Crimson Wonder 2813, by Trojan, 
from the Roberts herd. He also used 
Banker Boy from the Morton herd, he by 
Geo. W. S., by old Breckenridge, hereto- 
fore mentioned; Banker and Highland 
King, by Hoosier King, from the Stuckey 
herd. Czar Nicholas, by Coulongues. 
Some excellent constructive breeding was 
done in this herd. 

In the latter '90s many boars were 
changing owners back and forth from East 
to West and vice versa. Showing at state 
fairs had continued with the impetus given 
by the Columbian Exposition. At one 

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HISTORY OF THE DUROC 

time Morton & Co., a firm composed of 
S. E. Morton, Walter Abernathy and E. 
M. Borradaile, bought four boars from 
Wm. Roberts & Son. Two of these were 
Allison, Jr., and Hustler, sired by Allison 
5267, the latter sired by Panic 4107, a boar 
that Roberts had purchased from Morton 
& Co. a few years before. They also 
bought Orion II 6537, by old Orion, out 
of Ohio Anna 10068. Another one was 
Bally Trally 6545, also by Panic. By this 
purchase they secured boars of practically 
the same line of breeding of their sows 
and intensified that blood in their offspring. 
This firm had previously produced, namely 
in '94 and '95, Walts Col. 5795, and Pro- 
tection 4697, the former a son of Col. M., 
and the latter a son of Coulongues, the 
Bennett herd header. Around the story 
and names in this paragraph lie the foun- 
dation of the Protections, the Colonels, 
and the Orion Chief families. 

Besides using old Orion and Allison at 
this time the Roberts were using to good 
advantage the hog called Awake, by John, 
the latter a son of Cuckoo 3063, from the 
Bennett herd. Orion, Jr., about this time 
went to an Indiana herd as did Orion R., 
both out of old Orion. These went to 



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HISTORY OF THE DUROC 

Finch and Pearson, of Indiana. Roberts 
also bought a Protection boar called I Ses. 
They also used Zeek, a winner in the pig 
classes at the Columbian in '93. J. W. 
Stribling, of Iowa, had a Protection bred 
boar called Ohio Tom, as did also J. Ben- 
son & Son, of Iowa. During these years 
from '80 to '90, the Browning herd in Illi- 
nois was using such boars as Col. Wonder 
3817, by British Wonder, and a grandson 
of Iowa Champion 2443, and General Ly- 
ons from the Morton herd. It was during 
these years that the son, Harry E., so well 
known in later years in the Duroc world 
took the reins of the herd and continued 
to build one of the most famous the breed 
has ever known. Columbian Chief, by 
Col. Wonder, by British Wonder, Vermil- 
lion Prince, by Col. Champion, and Wal- 
ters Onward from the Walters herd, were 
used. 

About this time, Walter & Bro., of Ohio, 
had developed Tom Wonder 6061 and U. 
S. Wonder 6057, out of Lucy Wonder 
6334. These breeders perfected the Lucy 
Wonder family and the Walts Duchess 
family of sows. Mr. Mahan, father of the 
present Duroc man, C E., founded his 
wonderful herd of sows on a litter sister 

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HISTORY OF THE DUROC 

of Lucy Wonder. In the Bennett herd, 
Referee, by the Grand Champion Hero, 
was being used to good advantage and the 
blood of this Grand Champion was dif- 
fused into many of the prominent herds 
of the time, one son going to the Reed 
herd in Iowa in '99. In Nebraska the 
Searles had developed Aksarben, Jr., and 
in Ohio the Mortons had perfected the 
Col. M*s Variety family of sows and had 
added a boar from the Stoner herd called 
Royal LeGrande, a boar tracing back 
through the H. W. Mumford herd of 
Michigan and a boar that was almost an 
entire outcross for Protection and Col. M. 
sows. 

It was late in the '90s when another man 
entered the Duroc arena, a man who was 
destined to be a leader, a man who had 
the instinct of the constructive breeder and 
the knowledge of the requirements of a 
good hog and had the tenacity, vigor, and 
push to get rapidly towards the front and 
during all the years from the time he em- 
barked in Duroc work and got well under 
way, his herd has been in the lime light 
and many noted breeding animals 
have gone out from this headquarters. 
The first recorded animals owned by Ira 

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HISTORY OF THE DUROC 

Jackson, of Ohio, was Longfellow 6815, 
from the Walter & Bro. herd and Lord 
Clinton, a Col. M. boar, from the Morton 
herd. He also had sows from the C. C. 
Brawley herd and the Morton herd, and 
it was one of these latter, Agnes X. 15250, 
that he crossed with old Longfellow that 
produced Mabel, the dam of Orion Chief, 
head of the Orion Chiefs and the Orion 
Cherry King families, so popular at this 
writing. The sire of Orion Chief, Orion 
II 6537, and Chief of Ohio 9775, a litter 
mate to Ohio Chief, were purchased from 
Morton. Surprise, probably one of the 
greatest individuals produced in the early 
part of 1900, was by Chief of Ohio, out of 
Mayflower, a daughter of Lord Clinton. 

One of the early boars of the R. C. Watt 
herd in Ohio was Moquette 3415, a son of 
Duke of Star Herd, a winner at the Co- 
lumbian Exposition. Mr. Watt had pur- 
chased him from Walter & Bro., as he had 
also Dora Wonder, a daughter of Lucy 
Keever, and in this herd King Watt was 
also used. Bob Watt developed the sow 
family of Cedarville Queens, the original 
Cedarville Queen being a daughter of Van- 
Ausdal's Best, a sow tracing to Hoosier 
King through the Abernathy herd and the 

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HISTORY OF THE DUROC 

Tom Bennett herd. The sire being- Can- 
non Ball, tracing directly back to old 
North Star in the Stoner herd in Illinois. 
Uncle Tom, a boar from the Tom Ben- 
nett herd, was next used, he by Chica- 
mauga by Rattler, a boar from the Stoner 
herd. From the Morton herd Mr. Watt 
purchased Top Notcher, then from the 
cross of Top Notcher and the Cedarville 
sows, many noted boars were sent to dif- 
ferent sections of the country. One of 
these that placed considerable improve- 
ment in the Western and Northwestern 
Durocs was Malcolm Model, a boar going 
to Wm. Malcolm, of Minnesota. 

It was about this time that Commodore 
13385 came upon the scene in the Bennett 
herd. He was produced practically from 
the Bennett breeding, from early founda- 
tion animals, and aside from Hero, the 
Grand Champion at the World's Fair at 
Chicago, 1893, was the most prominent 
boar ever in the Bennett herd. 

During this period of the eight or ten 
years which we have covered in reciting 
the advancement and improvement in the 
blood lines of the herds in Ohio and other 
Eastern sections, the interest in the West 
had increased by leaps and bounds and 

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HISTORY OF THE DUROC 

hundreds of new men were laying the 
foundations of herds which produced the 
animals whose history leads so intimately 
into the story of Durocs in Western ter- 
ritory. It was also during this period that 
the public sale idea of pure bred animals 
was developed in the Duroc breed, and as 
far as the writer is able to learn, this was 
developed both in the West and in the 
East at about the same time. One of the 
first public sales attempted was at the 
Iowa State Fair grounds in 1894, by J. H. 
Lathrop, of Oxford Junction. He was his 
own auctioneer, and compelled to stop 
before the sale was over on account of a 
lack of patronage. In the winter of '96 
this same man had a closing out sale, the 
average being about $35 or $40, the top 
sow bringing $60, and purchased by O. S. 
West, of Paullina, Iowa. Mr. Wm. Rob- 
erts & Son had held some early sales along 
about the same years between '96 and '98. 
I think the first public sale of Durocs in 
the central hog states, at least in Illinois, 
was the same of Geo. W. Trone in 1896. 

In 1898, Mr. J. C. Woodburn, of Mary- 
ville, Mo., held his first sale. In the East, 
Morton & Co. lead with these public ven- 
dues, and Dr. Burkhardt, of Cincinnati, 

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HISTORY OF THE DUROC 

Ohio, held several sales as did several com- 
binations of Ohio and Indiana breeders 
later on. It was not until after the World's 
Fair at St. Louis in 1904 that these sales 
throughout the hog belt became general 
and v^ere adopted by nearly all of the lead- 
ing breeders. 

During the interim between the Chicago 
Exposition and the St. Louis Exposition 
a world of new herds were developed. Es- 
pecially was the business active in the 
West in the territory where more hogs are 
raised to the square mile than any place 
else in the world. Such men as Geo. 
Briggs, Gilbert VanPatten, H. B. Louden, 
Smith and Arch Brown, of Nebraska; R. 
J. Harding, Johnson Bros., H. C. Sheldon, 
John Henderson, of Iowa; McFarland 
Bros., W. L. Addy, J. C. Woodburn, of 
Missouri; John L. Hunt, of Marysville, 
Kansas, and many others had come to the 
front with good herds, among them being 
G. W. Seckman, of Illinois, who attended 
his first public sale at Geo. W. Trones' 
and paid $85 for a sow called Grace Dar- 
ling, and laid the foundation of a great 
herd. He later attended the Andrew In- 
gram sale and bought the sow, Hattie Gold 
Dust, that laid the foundation for the Gold 

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HISTORY OF THE DUROC 

Dust herd and family of sows which were so 
well represented in the winnings at St. Louis 
in 1904. A. R Russell, of Missouri; C. W. 
and Wm. Reed, Iowa ; S. Y. Thornton, Mis- 
souri; C. R. Doty, Illinois; O. W. Browning, 
O. N. Woody, Harry Pfander, E. P. Wat- 
son, O. E. Osborn, S. E. McCullough, David 
Nauman, A. P. Alsin, H. L. Cantine, Iowa; 
T. L. Livingston, Jacob Wernsman, the 
Manleys and Wm. Stuff t, of Nebraska; 
Kraschel & Son, of Illinois. All these were 
building strong herd foundations as these 
years passed. 

Two of the early boars of Nebraska, to 
which the breed is indebted for improve- 
ment and especial recognition by the men 
who were growing pork hogs, were Hig- 
gins' Model 3251, and Improver II 13365, 
both used in the Geo. Briggs herd, and 
their blood was widely scattered through 
the West. Higgins' Model came from a 
combination of Indiana and Iowa breed- 
ing. Improver II traces remotely to Cou- 
longues, the sire of Protection, the head 
of the Protection family, and his dam 
traces through the Lathrop herd in Iowa 
to the pioneer herd of Bennett, of Illinois. 
Both these sires lived to a ripe old age, 
and their progeny always found ready sale. 

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HISTORY OF THE DUROC 

Other boars used by Briggs in an early 
day was Briggs' Choice, a descendant of 
Trones* Hero (winner, Chicago, '93), Red 
Chief I Am, a son of Protection, Billie K., 
from the O. S. West herd; Kantbebeat, 
Lincoln Wonder, by Ohio Chief; Billie's 
Wonder, Briggs' Crimson by Belle's Crim- 
son Wonder; Crimson Wonder 4th, by 
Crimson Wonder Again. He also used 
a Golden Model boar by Golden Model 
Again. The Briggs herd has for twenty 
or more years been a leader in Nebraska 
in producing improvement in Durocs. Dur- 
ing the past few years. Illustrator H by 
L. E.'s Valley King, and Joe Orion 5th by 
Joe Orion 2nd, and a Great Wonder boar 
have been in use. 

With but few exceptions the main herd 
material we find recorded in the National 
record at that time in the West came from 
the herd boars whose blood lines run back 
to the Roberts, Clark and Hubbard herds of 
Iowa, tracing to boars founded on the best 
blood they could buy and produce any- 
where in the hog belt. Old Crimson Won- 
der had been produced on the Cantine 
Farm in Iowa and sold to A. T. Cole, of 
Nebraska, and in the latter^s closing out 
sale had gone to W. A. Kirkpatrick, of 

32 




Taxpayer's Model 56529 

Grand Champion Duroc Jersey Boar at the Southeastern Fair. 

Atlanta, 1918 



Taxpayer's 
Model 
56529 



Taxpayer 
39041 



fTop Col. 25211 
f Morton's Top J 

Col. 32591 1 Fancy Top 
! *- Lady 55390 



^ 



Foust's Model 
- 3rd 107214 i 



O. C. G. D. 
2nd 57830 



fKlns" to Be 
I 12653 



Golden Girl 
- 2nd 53880 



rKlnsr of Cols. 
J 16075 
"] Ohio Chiefs 
^ G. D. 33086 



Morton's King 

8725 
Nellie M. 

24410 



rGolden Rub- 
J 14101 
1 Our Pride 2nd 

^ 32528 



HISTORY OF THE DUROC 

Lincoln. This boar is head of the great 
Crimson Wonder family that cut more 
figure in the breeding- of the Western 
herds for the next twelve years than any 
other one blood line. He changed hands 
in the closing out sale mentioned above at 
$695, the highest price at that time that 
any one ever dreamed would be paid for 
a Duroc boar. 

Just before the World's Fair in St. Louis 
one of the men in the West destined to cut 
more figure in the production of good Du- 
rocs and to lead in more shows for a longer 
period of years than any one of the West- 
ern breeders, and who is still actively en- 
gaged in the business, tossed his hat into 
the ring and has ever since that time been 
a leader in not only shows and sales, but 
in real constructive breeding. This man 
is J. D. Waltemeyer. In Volume 13, (not 
unlucky in this case), you will find the 
first boar recorded in his name. No. 21523, 
Iowa Chief. This boar w^as bought from 
the Woody Herd, and he was a boar ahead 
of his time. His sire came from the Addy 
herd, tracing back directly to that great 
sire. Awake, of the Roberts herd, one of 
the foundation boars of that herd. Walte- 
meyer later used a boar from the Russell 

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HISTORY OF THE DUROC 

herd in Missouri, Bobby, a descendant of 
old Referee, by Hero, the latter Grand 
Champion at Chicago, 1893. Also a Mal- 
colm Model boar and a boar called Bugal 
Boy, by Keep On IV, tracing to Reed's 
Banker, a boar that did excellent improve- 
ment work in Iowa Durocs, a boar sired 
by old Advance, sire of Proud Advance, 
and whose ancestry traced through Ta- 
coma to Old Orion. Model Boy, a Mal- 
colm Model boar, was also used. In 1908 
he bought Golden Model 2nd and since 
that time the Waltemeyers have builded 
one of the best strains the Durocs have 
ever known — the Golden Models, using 
sows of Ohio Chief and Crimson Wonder 
breeding with a dash of Colonel blood and 
such boars as Model Chief's Last, by Mod- 
el Chief 2nd by Model Chief by Ohio 
Chief; Sensation Wonder, grandson of 
Crimson Wonder Again, and Golden 
Model 31st, I Am Golden Model 2nd, 
Grand Model and others. More recently 
they brought into the herd Great Wonder, 
a boar bearing the blood of Ohio Chief, 
Crimson Wonder, Orion, the Colonels and 
Critics, a boar of splendid feeding and 
breeding qualities. The Golden Models 
through the Waltemeyer efforts took a 

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HISTORY OF THE DUROC 

lead in Western Durocs, and are admired 
for their smoothness, symmetry, and won- 
derful feeding qualities. Among the show 
and breeding boajs produced from Golden 
Model II are Grand Model, Golden Model 
11th, Golden Model 34th, Chief Model 2nd, 
High Model, Blue Ribbon Model, Chief 
Model, Golden Model 17th, Chief's Model 
III, Golden Model 31st, Foxey Model, 
Golden Model 30th, W. B.'s Golden Model 
and Golden Model 5th. I Am Golden 
Model 2nd was one of the good breeding 
sons of Golden Model 2nd. 

The St. Louis Duroc Show, 1904, seems 
now like a small show in numbers with only 
348 head on the grounds. A larger num- 
ber of the breed had been counted in sev- 
eral State Fairs in the West prior to that 
time, but it brought the best from nearly 
every section of the country, and it was a 
really high class show, for the time which 
the breeders had been constructively en- 
gaged in perfecting this new breed of hogs. 
It was the first time that the representa- 
tive farmers from all corners of the globe 
had the opportunity to see real Duroc hogs 
in their good form, and I have heard lead- 
ing men of other breeds say that our show 
at St. Louis set the pace for the large type 

35 



HISTORY OF THE DUROC 

hog which is in such demand today, and 
for which every one is striving. Our 
breeders at that show exhibited strong, 
vigorous, somewhat coarse, boars, that 
showed that they were real producers and 
they attracted the attention of the visiting 
farmers and feeders. The names of the 
winners in that show and the names of 
their progeny have become household 
words wherever Durocs are known. Such 
hogs as Ohio Chief, Kruger, Top Notcher 
King, Kant Be Beat, Tip Top Notcher, 
Commodore, Jumbo Perfection, Orion 
Chief, High Chief, Crimson Wonder, Ad- 
vancer, Top Notcher Chief, Medoc, Model 
Chief, Tom Watson, Dotie (Grand Cham- 
pion sow), Xenia Belle, Roberta, Lady 
Advance, Lady Orion, Daisy Improver, 
Cedarvale Queen 8th, Vic's Bell, Crimson 
Lady, The Genevieves, Cols. Belle 2nd, 
and S. E.'s Model 2nd. These are only a 
few of the more than 300 winners in this 
show whose places were picked by J. A. 
Shade, of Kingsley, Iowa. There was 
$5,110 hung up in the regular classes by 
the World's Fair. The National Associa- 
tion gave $1,000 more, the American a silver 
trophy, and there were any number of 
prizes furnished by the State Legislature. 

35 



HISTORY OF THE DUROC 

Johnson Bros., of Newkirk, Iowa, won the 
Champion pen of barrows. The contend- 
ers for that purple show being H. S. Allen, 
of Iowa, with a pen of six and under 
twelve; C. R. Doty, of Illinois, on a pen 
under six. The champion barrow went to 
C. R. Doty. The champion barrow, any 
age, went to Doty. Messrs. Trone, of Illi- 
nois; Sheldon, of Iowa, being the winners 
in the other classes contending for the 
championship. The champion grade by 
recorded sire was won by Trone, of Illi- 
nois. There were twenty-one members of 
the National who participated in the spe- 
cial prizes hung up by that organization. 
The following are winners of 1st and 2nd 
prizes and Grand Champions in the show: 

Aged Boar — 13 shown; 1st, Ohio Chief, 
owned by S. E. Morton & Co.; 2nd, Kru- 
ger, owned by Geo. W. Trone. Top 
Notcher King, Kant Be Beat, Top Notcher 
Again, Billie K., King of Kings, The Lad 
For Me and others were lower in the class. 

Senior Boars — 12 shown; 1st, Tip Top 
Notcher, owned by Geo. Seckman ; 2nd, 
Commodore, owned by Thos. Bennett. 
Among the others in this class were Jum- 
bo Perfection, Kant Be Beat Again, Gay 
Advance, Searles Olympus. 

37 



HISTORY OF THE DUROC 

Junior Boars — 18 shown; 1st, Orion 
Chief, owned by Ira Jackson ; 2nd, Goldie's 
Top Notcher, owned by Seckman. Among 
the others shown were Chief Orion, High 
Chief, Belle's Chief, Matchless Chief. 

Senior Boar Pigs — 23 shown; 1st, Joe, 
owned by McFarland Bros. ; 2nd, Perfec- 
tion Chief, owned by Gilbert VanPatten. 

Junior Boar Pigs — 32 shown; 1st, Top 
Notcher Chief, owned by J. A. Teter; 2nd, 
Checkmate, owned by Seckman. Medoc, 
Tom Watson, Lord Gold Finch, Ideal Top 
Notcher, Ohio Col., He's Our Pride, after- 
wards well known, were shown in this 
class. 

Aged Sows — 19 shown; 1st, Dotie, 
owned by McFarland Bros.; 2nd. Walt's 
Belle, Morton & Co. Nellie A., Brooklyn 
Mabel, Daisy Maid, Rubertha, Walt's 
Model and Bessie H., were in this class. 

Senior Sows — 14 shown; 1st, My Choice, 
Ira Jackson; 2nd, Moss Rose, McFarland 
Bros. 

Junior Sows— 19 shown; 1st, Lady Or- 
ion, Ira Jackson; 2nd, Chic's Belle, Morton 
& Co. Daisy Improver, Nellie Wonder 
II, Orion Lady and May Advance were 
sows that became great producers also in 
this class. 

38 



HISTORY OF THE DUROC 

Senior Sow Pigs — 30 shown; 1st, Kant's 
Best, Watt & Foust ; 2nd, Cedarville Queen 
VIII, same. Orion's Choice, S. E. Model 
IV., Lady Banker and others in this class 
came into prominence later. 

Junior Sow Pigs — 37 shown; 1st, Crim- 
son Lady, by J. E. Mendenhall & Sons; 
2nd, Top Notcher's Best, J. A. Teter. Our 
Pride II, Oueen Genevieve, Fashion Queen 
XII, ColsTBelle II., S. E. Model VIL, and 
others in this class are well known to mod- 
ern Duroc men. Our Pride II., in the 
Watt & Foust herd, and later in the Mc- 
Kee herd, produced excellent get. 

Grand Champion Boar — Tip Top 
Notcher, Reserve Champion, Top Notcher 
Chief. 

Grand Champion Sow^Dotie, Reserve 
Champion, Kant's Best. 

A perusal of these winnings will show 
that the Top Notchers had the best of the 
winnings. Old Top Notcher's descend- 
ants were represented in seven of the first 
and second prize winners: Tip Top 
Notcher, Goldie's Top Notcher, Top 
Notcher Chief, Checkmate (by Tip Top 
Notcher), Kant's Best (dam by Top 
Notcher), Cedarville Queen VIII (sired 
by Top Notcher), and Top Notcher's Best, 

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HISTORY OF THE DUROC 

and his progeny held Grand Champion and 
Reserve Champion boar. Top Notcher 
8803 was sired by Orion II., out of Duch- 
ess 40th; Orion II., by Old Orion. By 
adding the Jackson winnings to the above 
the descendants of Old Orion led by quite 
a margin. 

That the public sale had come quickly 
and had come to stay was evident when we 
find that something lik^ 75 auctions of 
Durocs were booked for the winter of 
1904-05, immediately after the World's 
Fair. Several Fall sales had been held pre- 
vious to that. Notably among these was 
that of J. D. Nidlinger, of Decatur, Indi- 
ana, on Nevember 1st, where the prices 
ranged from $15 to $135, the top price be- 
ing paid by Smith Brown, of Nebraska. 
History was written very rapidly during 
the next few months. One of the noted 
sales of that winter was sows bred to 
Proud Advance, averaging- $80. Proud 
Advance was a combination of Orion and 
Protection breeding. His sire, Advance, 
being by Tacoma, he by Orion Chief 6601 
by Old Orion and out of Ohio Anna 10068. 
Proud Advance's dam was by Malcolm 
Chief 7811 by Jumbo Red by Protection 
and his second dam traces to Legal Ten- 

40 




CoUetta 3rd 179582 



Grand Clianipion Duroc Jersey Sow at Southeastern Fair, 

Atlanta, 1918 



Colletta 3rd 
1795S2 



fCherrv King^ 
I 25979 



, Or ion Cherry J 
King 42475 



King Lady 
Willetta 
126342 



Orion Lady A 
39756 



rCherry King 
2nd 37535 



Willetta L J. 
115492 



Cherrv Chief 

21335 
Stvlish Perf. 

3rd 59436 

Orion Chief 

13333 
King Lady 

30758 



rCherry King 
J 25979 
I King Lady 
^ 2nd 55658 

rjack's Friend 
J 30379 
1 Willetta J. 
>- 81796 



HISTORY OF THE DUROC 

der, a foundation boar used by Morton and 
Stoner. The breed has never seen the 
superior of Proud Advance as a sow sire, 
and this wonderful stretch and smooth- 
ness had much to do with advancing the 
popularity of the breed. He was bred by 
Johnson Bros, and Reed, of Iowa, was 
later owned by H. C. Sheldon and the 
Manleys. The highest priced sow of the 
breed, and many others that sold well up to 
the record top, carried his blood. 

Kruger, winner of the second prize in 
the aged herd at St. Louis, was purchased 
by Jackson in the Trone sale for $550 in 
February, 1905, and his get were widely 
scattered, Iowa breeders securing one or 
two of his noted sons. Nebraska Belle 
sold that winter in the Brown sale (Ne- 
braska) to R. J. Harding for $600, and the 
next day he refused a check for $1,000 for 
her from Gilbert VanPatten, who had 
started for the sale to buy the sow, but 
was blocked by a blizzard. 

Old Orion made his owners, Manley & 
Co., an average of $73 the same season. 
In Ohio the breeders who had shown at 
St. Louis staged a two-days public sale 
and one sow of Cedarville Queen breeding 

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HISTORY OF THE DUROC 

sold for $350. Others sold well up above 
$100. 

J. D. Nidlinger, of Indiana, had won 
first at Ohio and Indiana with Hanley, an 
under-year boar by None Such, from the 
Stoner herd, his dam being from Echo King 
breeding, and sold him at public auction 
for $310 to McNeil Bros., of Illinois. Echo 
King blood was later diffused in Nebraska 
and became quite popular. 

Crimson Wonder I Am, a son of old 
Crimson Wonder 26355n, was Grand 
Champion, 1905, at Iowa, thus continuing 
the champion record of the family begun 
by his sire two years before. 

Buddy K. IV., was Grand Champion of 
Illinois, 1905, one of the largest, coarsest, 
ruggedest sires the breed has ever known, 
and while he was lacking in quality he had 
many characteristics that the breed needs 
— length, height, big bone and an all-over 
big frame. After being used more than a 
year at the head of the Ed Baxter herd, 
after winning his Championship, he was 
sold on Feb. 6, 1907, for $5,025 to McNeil 
Bros., and today still holds the record of 
being the highest priced boar of the breed 
sold at auction. 

In the winter of '05 and '06, in the 

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HISTORY OF THE DUROC 

Browning sale, Helen Blazes III sold for 
$1,000, the highest priced sow at that time. 
She came from a producing family of sows 
and her new owner afterwards sold one 
of her gilts at private sale for $1,200. 
Browning's sale, in which this sow sold, 
averaged $110.50 on 39 head. Eastern 
sales wxre increasing in interest and such 
prices as $121.50, paid by Col. Igleheart in 
the Morton sale, and $317.50 by Thos. 
Johnson in the Whitehall sale, were not 
uncommon. In the Henry Allen sale in 
Iowa, Allen's Maid brought $300, and R. 
J. Harding bought Proud Lady by Proud 
Advance for $1,275, bred to Old Orion in 
the Manley sale. 

The leading Fall shows of 1906 pro- 
duced such champions as Oom Paul in 
Illinois, a boar owned by George Trone 
and sired by Jumbo Red, he by Protection. 
Jumbo Red was a noted son of Protection 
that went into Nebraska and did much to 
popularize Durocs by producing not once, 
but several times the top car lots on the 
Omaha market. Crimson Wonder Again 
was champion at Iowa, making three gen- 
erations of grand champions early in the 
history of that noted strain. 

In Ohio King's Pal, by King to Be, by 

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HISTORY OF THE DUROC 

Morton's King, won the purple, and was 
sold to Thos. Johnson at $1,000. He Uved 
only a few months, but left some unusually 
good get, among them King PaFs Last, 
a boar that headed the M. D. Harvey herd 
in Indiana, and sired Pal's Prince and Col- 
onade, Indiana Grand Champions; Colon- 
ade being also Champion at the Chicago 
International, 1912. At Illinois, Commo- 
dore produced from the Bennett herd, but 
purchased by Harris & Son, of Kentucky, 
won the purple and was at once popular 
with the breeders on account of his size, 
vigor, bone and quality. He had come to 
Illinois after winning at Kentucky and 
Tennessee. In the winter following, his 
owners made an average of $179.50 on 
sows bred to him. Although he produced 
some good sons and daughters, he was a 
disappointment as a real herd header. 

January 12, 1906, Old Orion died in Ne- 
braska at the age of eleven years an un- 
defeated boar. He was shown as a pig 
in 1895, as a yearling in '96, and was 
Champion at Iowa in '97, and a winner at 
Omaha, 1898. Roberts & Son sold him to 
S. E. McCullough, of Iowa, who later sold 
him to Manley & Son, on whose farm he 
died. The Orion Cherry Kings and many 

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HISTORY OF THE DUROC 

of the Crimson Wonders of today trace di- 
rectly to this great sire. 

In November, 1906, a deal was consum- 
mated that gave a decided impetus to Du- 
roc enthusiasm, both East and West. R. 
J. Harding and O. E. Osborn, of Iowa, 
purchased of S. E. Morton & Co., Ohio 
Chief, a boar sired by Protection, and out 
of the noted sow. Duchess 40th, mentioned 
in earlier pages of this history. Ohio 
Chief won as a pig and as a yearling at 
the Chicago Exposition in 1900 and 1901 
and as aged boar stood at the head of his 
class at St. Louis. He undoubtedly was 
the best boar the breed had produced, as 
well as the biggest, up to this time, and 
although Tip Top Notcher was given the 
purple at St. Louis on account of his show- 
ing more excellent flesh, many at the ring- 
side had picked the aged boar for the pur- 
ple. In Harding's first sale after he pur- 
chased the boar, sows averaged $98.30 with 
a $730 top. Later the owners sold a third 
interest to J. M. Morrison, of Nebraska, 
for $2,000, the same amount they had paid 
Morton & Co. for the hog. Morrison 
broke a partnership agreement by selling 
18 sows bred to him in one sale and Messrs. 

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HISTORY OF THE DUROC 

Harding and Osborn bought him out and 
Ohio Chief died on the Harding farm. 

Tip Top Notcher, the World's Grand 
Champion at St. Louis, produced many 
good sons and daughters, Helen's Tip Top 
Notcher, one of the former, selling at a 
record price as a yearling at $1,000. He 
transmitted to his progeny much rugged- 
ness and prolificacy. Geo. Seckman, who 
owned and showed him, sold him for 
$5,000 to a company of Illinois breeders, 
but before the hog died, Seckman re-pur- 
chased him. Tip Top Notcher was bv 
Top Notcher 8803, he by Orion H., by Old 
Orion, and was bred by R. C. Watt, of 
Ohio. His sire was a winner in Ohio 
shows, and his dam came from the Morton 
line of Variety sows. A controversy over 
the correctness of his pedigree came up 
immediately after his winning at St. Louis, 
and the American Association at one time 
voted to not accept pedigrees from this 
breeding, but the following year rescinded 
their action, the directors not considering 
the charge backed up by sufficient evi- 
dence to warrant the former action. The 
officers of the National Association found 
insufficient grounds for any action, and its 
Board accepted all pedigrees of his prog- 

46 



HISTORY OF THE DUROC 

eny. Tip Top Notcher is one of the few 
Durocs who boasts a marble slab to mark 
his resting place. Close to the main road 
on the Seckman farm in Brown County, 
Ills., the headstone is plainly visible. 

During the winter sale season of 1906-7 
that inflation of prices that seems to come 
in cycles, and which unerringly causes dis- 
aster to breeds of live stock wherever it 
attacks, took possession of all quarters of 
the Duroc selling and laid the foundation 
for the panic and depression in which 
many breeders were mired. The bank 
panic coming late that year, augmented 
the losses and depression. No amount of 
warning, nor numbers of wrecks visible 
along the route of the pure bred industry 
seems to be of any service in such times, 
and although the breed paper threw out 
signals against these ''frameups" and 
fictitious prices, and combinations invented 
to boost prices, little or no heed was given. 
We believe space given here to one of the 
breed paper's articles will be well worth 
the space taken, for it applies today as it 
did in 1907. This is the article: 

"Why readers and breeders should get 
a wrong impression from plain English 
we don't know, but it seems some have. 

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HISTORY OF THE DUROG 

Our stand on the sale business is this: We 
stand ready to encourage every breeder 
who desires to make a sale of good, well 
bred animals, we don't care how high the 
prices are, so the money or its equivalent 
changes hands. We are strictly against 
'frameups' no matter whether made at 
a big sale or a beginners' sale. No price is 
to high for an outstanding individual with 
blood lines that have shown worth. No 
price is too low for. a mean, inferior ani- 
mal, no matter what the blood lines. 
'Suckers' are not always men who pay 
the high prices, for the men in the busi- 
ness who have made money are the ones 
who have paid high prices for good ani- 
mals. 'Suckers,' so-called, are men who 
have been influenced against their better 
judgment to pay more than they can af- 
ford to if the animal should die. If there 
has been anything published by us that 
can be interpreted as a discouragement to 
the young breeder, please cite us to the 
article. We are for high prices, but not 
'balloon' prices. Somebody will stick a 
pin in these prices some day, and then 
what?" 

Rosebud Lady sold for $1,575 in the 
Briggs sale, an open Proud Advance sow 

48 




Pathfinder's Likeness 220343n 



Grand Champion Duroc Jersey Boar, Iowa State Pair, 1918 



Pathfinder's 
Likeness 
220343n 



Pathfinder 
181615n 



''Prophets town 
Chief 
146389n 



-I 



rCherry Chief 
I 21335 
) Fairfield Lady 
L 367190n 



„ „, rS. E.'s Premier 

^^"^^„°/ J Col. 117563 

i Lucy Wonder 
I 112th 296312 



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408788n 



rHigh Chief 
rCherry Chief J ^J^^^S 

21335 I Cherry Queen 



Chief's Proud J 

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- 534326n 



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2nd 155950 



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J 90909n 
I Virda Again 
<- 323854n 



HISTORY OF THE DUROC 

brought $500 in the Browning sale. Alix 
II, the Iowa and Nebraska Champion, sold 
for $2,200 in the Morrison sale. One-half 
interest in Kant Be Beat sold in the same 
sale for $1,500. Alix II was a sow bred 
by Manley & Co., sired by Proud Advance 
out of an Orion dam. She never proved to 
be a real producer. Kant Be Beat was by 
King Hustler out of a dam by Longfellow 
6815, and was bred and shown by Watt 
& Foust. He had forty or fifty Champion- 
ships to his credit., and was a good boar 
for his time. Ceres Belle, a noted Ne- 
braska sow, brought $1,025. S. E.'s Model 
30996, by Ohio Chief, a sow shown at St. 
Louis and sold to the Proud Advance Stock 
Co., was sold in their sale at $1,060. 

Red Wonder, a Pilot Wonder bred hog, 
Owned in Illinois, was Grand Champion at 
Iowa, 1907, and Ruberta G., full sister to 
Rubertha, the 1906 Champion, won the 
female purple. Red Wonder was not an 
even producer, but sired a few choice 
daughters. In Indiana, Col. Scott by Carls 
Col. was Grand Champion, and M. A.'s 
Model, shown by the Kraschels, of Illi- 
nois, was sow Champion. She afterwards 
sold in their sale for $1,001. She was a 
line bred Ohio Chief sow. At Nebraska, 

49 



HISTORY OF THE DUROC 

Lincoln Top, shown by Putman, won the 
lead, and Clay Center Belle, owned by 
Briggs, was at head of the sow classes. 
Lincoln Top traced to Red Chief I Am, a 
Protection bred boar. Kelly's Pilot Won- 
der won the purple at Ohio, and went to 
Whitehall Farm where he proved to be a 
great producer. He was a grandson of 
Old Pilot Wonder, a Jackson show boar. 
Pilot Wonder was by U. S. Duroc by 
Walt's Col. out of a Lucy Wonder sow. 
Inventor, by Climax II, won at Illinois, 
1907. He was a McFarland bred hog, 
coming from their herd to Illinois as a 
pig. He was sired by II Climax, sire of 
many of the McFarland winners. Gat- 
ton's Perfection was Grand Champion sow 
at Illinois, 1907, and afterwards sold at 
auction for $1,200, a Kant Be Beat boar 
selling in the same sale for $1,295. 

During the winter of 1907-'08 the prices 
tended to rise and among the notable sales 
were Savannah Belle and her litter of Ohio 
Chief pigs at the Sam Murphy sale for 
$3,300, he having paid $780 for her at the 
Harding sale. She was a daughter of the 
noted Nebraska Belle. Ruberta, dam of 
the Kant Be Beat boar, Dreadnaught, sold 
to Manley & Co., for $2,500. Proud Zeda 

60 



HISTORY OF THE DUROC 

by Proud Advance, sold in the Browning 
sale, breaking all sale records, at $2,600. 
A half interest in the Champion Lincoln 
Top went for $2,650 in the Putman sale. 
Sexsmith & Strong sold a granddaughter 
of Nebraska Belle for $2,100. A sow was 
sold in S. E. Morton's sale for $2,800. An 
Eds Col. sow in the Jackson sale brought 
$1,000. Johnson Bros.' sale in Iowa had 
a $750 top. Some of these animals made 
good and their progeny is still going on 
record, but many were sold under enthu- 
siasm and excitement and had little to 
recommend them as valuable additions to 
herds. 

King of Cols. 1607S was ascending the 
scale of popularity about this tim^e, and a 
complete history of his progeny for a 
period of several years would cover a 
goodly portion of the breed's history for 
that time. He was bred by Carl Scott, 
an Indiana breeder who did much to pro- 
pagate good Durocs and incidentally pro- 
mote that leading family, the Colonels. 
Mr. Scott owned Eds CoL, and from him 
produced Carls Col. and in turn Prince of 
Cols. In the Fall of 1905 he showed at 
several fairs in Indiana a litter of Prince 
of Col. pigs out of Love 35060, among 

51 



HISTORY OF THE DUROC 

which was the boar afterwards known as 
King of *Cols. He was never better than 
third, Muncie Chief and others of the litter 
always leading him. When Scott had a 
sale in the Fall, Muncie Chief went to Col- 
bert & Stroud, of Indiana, and was the 
first pick of a majority of the breeders 
present. The old ''War Horse," Sam Mor- 
ton, attended the sale and had picked out 
this undeveloped pig as one worth while, 
and when he bid him in, a good many who 
thought they knew hogs, wondered at his 
choice. This hog brought Morton more 
notice and more money than any he had 
ever owned, and breeders from all quar- 
ters of the hog kingdom were soon coming 
to him for King of Col. get. A syndicate 
of Illinois breeders offered him $10,000 
at one time for the boar, but the offer was 
turned down, and the boar died on the 
Morton Farm in the height of his useful- 
ness. Among the show boars he produced 
were Chief's Col, Defender, King of Cols. 
Ideal, Col. S., King Wonder, Ohio Col. 
and Harding's King of Cols, and a num- 
ber of his daughters were winners of the 
purple. Many other breeding sons were 
sent out by Morton into all section of the 
hog belt to improve Durocs with size, 

53 



HISTORY OF THE DUROC 

stretch and vigor. Among the most noted 
of these was King the Col., but recently 
dead, owned by Larson, of Iowa, for sev- 
eral years. At one time there were 48 
sons of King the Col. at the head of West- 
ern herds, and his daughters have been 
good producers and are still much sought 
after to cross on top boars of the breed. 

The get of old Crimson Wonder was 
in the meantime in the lead in Western 
herds and many prominent boars and pro- 
ducing sows became noted in this work. 
Among the best known progeny of old 
Crimson Wonder were Crimson Wonder 
I Am, mentioned in connection with the 
Iowa Championship, his son. Crimson 
Wonder Again (dam Orion bred). This 
latter boar crossed with H. A.'s Queen 
produced most of the noted Crimson 
Wonder boars, such as Belle's Crimson 
Wonder and Crimson Wonder III., I Am 
Perfection Wonder, Nebraska Wonder, 
Uneeda Crimson Wonder, Long Wonder, 
I Am a Crimson Wonder, Crimson of 
Crimson Wonders, Red Chief Wonder, 
Allen's Wonder, B. & C.'s Crimson Won- 
der, Belle's Wonder, Champ Crow and 
others. 

Crimson Wonder III, after winning cham- 

53 



HISTORY OF THE DUROC 

pion at Nebraska Fair, 1908, and being used 
some time, was brought to Illinois by Brown- 
ing & Comer, and when campaigned again 
won 1st in aged class in three of our largest 
fairs. He was a medium sized hog, and 
crossed only fairly well with the Colonels 
and Protections used in middle section and 
Eastern herds. His daughters were used in 
many herds east of the Mississippi, but only 
a very few of his sons proved valuable herd 
sires. 

Another family which deserves notice 
here is the Critics. Glendale Critic, the 
head of this family, was bred by E. Z. Rus- 
sell, and traces through Tolstoi, and Hugh 
Tucker to Protection, his dam being an 
Ohio Anna sow, one of the same family 
from which came old Crimson Wonder. 
Malcolm Model, by Old Top Notcher, was 
also used in building this family, as was 
Gold Dust Jim by Liberty Jim, the latter 
from the Roberts herd and tracing to Al- 
lison 5267. He had another boar also 
called Am Awake by Awake, a Roberts 
boar mentioned heretofore. Jumbo Critic, 
Glendale Critic, Jumbo Critic Jr., Critics 
Echo and other boars of this line were used 
to further intensify this blood. Later Mr. 
Russell used Proud Chief by Ohio Chief, 

54 



HISTORY OF THE DUROC 

injecting another line of Protection blood 
in the herd. The Critic boars were shown 
at Nebraska and Iowa State Fairs in their 
early years by Mr. Russell and won many 
high honors. Widle & Sons, of Nebraska, 
and other breeders of that State have car- 
ried the same blood lines to the big shows 
and won coveted prizes. It is worthy of 
note that the Grand Champion sows of 
both National Swine Shows held so far 
(1916 and 1917) were Critic bred sows. 

One of the older herds of Durocs today 
and one of note for the line of high class 
sows produced therein, as well as a num- 
ber of boars developed, and one that has 
been known in the leading shows of the 
East for a longer term of years than any 
other, is the Mahan herd, founded by Mr. 
Mahan, Sr., early in the history of the 
breed's improvement, and continued by 
his sons, C. E. and Pearl. Nellie Warren, 
little sister to Lucy Wonder, of Colum- 
bian Exposition purple honors, was one 
of the foundation sows. She was by King 
Keever by Ohio Bob, he by Rosemond's 
Royal from the Stoner herd. Three sows 
from the Abernathy herd tracing to the 
Vernal sows of the Morton herd were 
added early in the herd's history. King 

55 



HISTORY OF THE DUROC 

Hustler, a boar from the Morton herd and 
Bon Ton, from the same source, were 
boars in early use. Duchess Czarina and 
Duchess Maud, sows by old Top Notcher 
out of Duchess Gem, she from the O. Wal- 
ter herd, were foundation blood. One of 
the Protection boars they used was High 
Chief by Chief of Ohio and they also had 
Orion Boy by Orion H., also Top Chief 
by Winchester Chief. Later King to Be 
by Morton's King, out of a Protection 
dam was used and Good Choice by Choice 
Goods by Chief of Ohio by Protection. 
From King to Be they produced King Vic- 
tor and Maud Irene, well known state fair 
winners. Mr. Mahan, Sr., took Champion 
boar prize in the first State Fair in Ohio 
with a boar of his growing. King's Lad, 
litter mate to King Victor was also used. 
Later they had another Ohio Chief bred 
boar, Grand Success, he by S. S. Success 
by S. S. Col. by Ohio Chief. Next came 
Kruger's Corrector by Kruger, of St. Louis 
Fair fame, and Chief to Be by Grand Chief 
by Ohio Chief. In later years they bought 
Fancy Col. in the Morton sale, he by King 
of Cols. II., by Old King of Cols., and then 
Pals Cols, by Premier Col., by King of 
Cols., and The Chief Col. by Cherry Chief, 

56 




Grand Lady 66th 567778n 

Grand Champion Duroc Jersey Sow, Iowa State Pair, 1918 



''"irand Model i 
16i639n ^ 



Grand Lady , 
66th 567778n^ 



„ , , rGolden Model 

rGolden Model J 53675 
I 2nd 77339 ) Miss Wonder 
*- 107692 



Miss Model j 
2nd 402716n ] 



fH. A.'s Choice 
W. B.'s Queen Goods 51197 

L 1st 25685S i 

Ohio Queen 
I 211842 

rGolden Model 
rLynn's Golden J 31st 125947 
Model ] Fancy Model 

130781 I 3rd 289648 



Daisy S. 
258018 



fModel Ad- 
vancer 
Choice 
81513 
Helen Wonder 
234480 



HISTORY OF THE DUROC 

Orion Col. M. by The Chief Col., out of a 
daughter of Orion Chief and Florazel, the 
noted show sow by Choice Goods. 

The sows in this herd have always won 
high places in our best shows and from 
this herd many producing sows as well as 
show sows went into all parts of the hog 
belt. Mahan's have believed that no boar 
is good enough to produce the kind of 
hogs they wanted to grow by being 
crossed on ordinary sows, and while they 
have produced, grown and exhibited many 
famous boars of the breed, they made it 
possible by paying unusual attention to 
selecting only the very best sows to keep 
in their herd to produce this kind of get. 
The Duroc breed has suffered for the want 
of more breeders to carry out this same 
idea. 

After the death of King of Cols., Mor- 
ton placed Premier Col., a son, at the head 
of his herd, and he proved to be a good 
producer, producing such hogs as Volun- 
ter. Pal's Col. and others, and his daugh- 
ters have produced many good Durocs. 
Later he bought from Johnson & Son, of 
Indiana, Morton's Top Col., a line-bred 
boar, being by Top Col., out of an Orion 
Chief dam. Top Col., his sire, being by 



57 



HISTORY OF THE DUROC 

King of Cols., out of an Orion Chief dam. 
This boar died at the height of his breed- 
ing age, leaving several get that proved 
him to be a sire of rare merit, among these 
being American Top Col., still owned in 
the Barker herd of Indiana; Perfect Top 
Col., used as herd header by Morton, and 
later sold to Truax; Walt's Top Col., the 
latter used a good many years in the Jack- 
son herd, and on the producing value of 
Walt's Top Col. daughters, much of the 
fame of old Orion Cherry King is founded. 
Walt's Top Col. was out of a dam by 
Royal Col., he by King of Cols., making 
him an intensely Colonel bred boar. He 
is still in use, being in the Wenger & 
Studebaker herds in Ohio; Taxpayer was 
another Morton's Top Col. boar and was 
used by Watt & Foust, sire of Taxpayer 
Thirteenth, Taxpayer's Model and others. 

Orion Chief headed the Jackson herd for 
several years after the St. Louis Show. 
Kruger was also used in the herd. Orion 
Chief was sold to Thos. Johnson at $3,500, 
the record price at that time for a boar at 
private sale. He was later sold in John- 
son's dispersion sale at 9 years of age, to 
Messrs. Matern & Mumford for $500, and 
died on the Matern farm. Jackson pur- 

58 



HISTORY OF THE DUROC 

chased Cherry King, a Protection bred 
boar, of Morton & Stewart Bros, in 1909, 
and founded the famous Orion Cherry- 
Kings by crossing him on Orion Chief 
sows, and sows by sons and grandsons of 
Orion Chief. However, before this blood 
line became known by that name he sold 
his entire herd to Chas. Sprague, includ- 
ing Cherry King, Jack's Friend, by Tor 
Orion, by Orion Chief, and Joe Orion 2nd 
by Joe Orion, and retired from the puunc 
and private sale of Durocs by agreement 
for two years. Getting back into the active 
work after the elapse of the 24 months, he 
showed Orion Cherry King and won Grand 
Champion at Ohio in 1913, and from mat 
date until the present the Orion Cherry 
King blood has been in the ascendency, 
taking more Grand Champion prizes than 
the Durocs of any other family of the 
breed ever did. Orion Cherry King's dam 
was Orion Lady A. by Orion Chief out of 
King Lady, she by Chief Surprise by Chief 
of Ohio a litter mate to Ohio Chief. 

One of the most noted sons of Ohio 
Chief, produced after Mr. Harding took 
that noted hog West, was The Professor, 
a boar purchased as a pig by Henry Ma- 
tern, of Illinois. He proved an unusually 

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HISTORY OF THE DUROC 

great breeding hog, and sows bred to him 
commanded the highest prices. He pro- 
duced such boars as Instructor, Grand 
Champion Illinois; Superba, The Princi- 
pal 4th (at one time head of Mumford 
herd), and a long line of good sows. When 
the hog was five years old Mr. Matern re- 
fused $5,000 for him, the hog having made 
his owner at least five times that amount 
even at the low prices prevailing in those 
days. He produced equally well on sows of 
varied breeding, thus establishing the fact 
that he was a real herd boar. Mr. Matern 
won regularly with his get at Illinois and 
the International for a number of years. 
Another descendant of Ohio Chief that 
came back from Mr. Harding to Illinois 
was L. E.'s Valley Chief by Valley Chief 
by Ohio Chief. He was owned in turn by 
Sexsmith & Strong, Van Nice, L. E. 
Thomas of Illinois. From him was pro- 
duced L. E.'s Valley King, the sire of Illus- 
trator, a boar that headed the VanMeter 
herd and won grand champion Illinois and 
sold to Dr. C. E. Still, of Missouri, for 
$2,000, and in the latter's closing out sale 
to Moats & Son, of Iowa. A litter brother, 
Illustrator 2nd, went from Illinois and 
headed the George Briggs herd. L. E.'s 

60 



HISTORY OF THE DUROC 

Valley King won as a pig, a yearling and 
aged boar at Illinois, and was owned in 
turn by L. E. Thomas, J. Young Caldwell 
and Henry Matern. 

For three or four years prior lu liic .^i. 
Louis World's Fair, the Browning herd, 
so prominent in early Duroc lore, was not 
on the show circuit, as increasing age 
forced the elder Browning to slack up his 
work with the breed and for a time Harry 
was connected with the Seckman herd. 
He helped develo|) and show Tip Top 
Notcher at the World's Fair, but soon after 
that time was again managing a herd of 
his own and the names Browning and 
Idlewild Farm became familiar to every 
Duroc man in America. Harry developed 
that great family of sows the HtUn 
Blazes, and sold Helen Blazes HI. for 
$1,000, a record price, and during the next 
ten years owned some of the most noted 
hogs the breed has ever known. He was 
a feeder, showman and builder of good 
Durocs and was a leader in shows and 
sales until 1015 when he closed out and 
has applied himself to nev ' "^cr work 
entirely. He was the first fn n on the 

breed paper in the early days of that pub- 
lication and did untold good in spreading 



HISTORY OF THE DUROC 

Duroc enthusiasm. He has always be- 
Heved in Durocs, in gilt edged pedigree 
and in publicity. When King of Cols, 
came into the limelight, he and L. E. 
Thomas purchased Chief of Cols., one of 
the King's greatest sons, and developed 
him into a Grand Champion and he proved 
to be one of the best breeding boars of the 
Colonel family, producing sov^s v^ith high 
backs and stretch with ability to produce 
good litters. Browning's herd was strong 
in Proud Advance blood lines. One of the 
most noted sows he ever owned was Lucy 
Wonder 21st, a daughter of Lucy Wonder 
of World's Fair fame (1893). Her litter, 
by Proud Advance, producing Proud 
Fancy, one of the most noted dams of the 
breed. Browning bought Defender as a 
yearling, fitted and showed him, won first 
at Iowa and Illinois and Grand Champion 
International, 1909, and Grand Champion 
International, 1910. In company with R. 
L. Comer he purchased Crimson Wonder 
III., a Nebraska show hog, and succeeded 
in intermingling this Western blood into 
his herd, which up to that time was of 
Colonel, Ohio Chief and Proud Advance 
breeding. The foundation of the Helen 
Blazes sows, Helen Blazes 64S02n was 

63 



HISTORY OF THE DUROC 

shipped to Iowa and mated to Ohio Chief, 
givinj^ liiin a Protection bred litter that 
added mucli to the popularity of the herd. 
Educator was one of this litter, and after 
bein^ used by Browninj^ ami S(»id West, 
finally landed with the Fred Swan herd. 
Soon after selling Defender he purchased 
from S. E. Eaklc the boar known as Dis- 
turber, he having sold the dam to Eakle & 
son, bred to Defender. This hog he fitted 
and campaigned and won many honors. 
Disturber was undoubtedly the smoothest 
and largest big type Duroc boar produced 
up to that time. He died soon after the 
close of the fair circuit. Disturber's dam 
was Lucy Wonder 1 12th, tracing to Chief's 
Col., Proud Advance and old Lucy Won- 
der. Ikowning developed the Tattletale 
family of sows and carried a number of 
them to leading shows. These came from 
the great line of brood sows Browning had 
produced in his herd and many of them 
were sired by N'olunteer. a boar by Pre- 
mier Col., byKing of Cols., which Morton 
had sold to Dr. Stanberry of Tennessee as 
a pig. Stanberry (levelo|)ed and fitted \'ol- 
untecr and won grand championship at 
Nashville. Tenn.. 1911. Browning bought 
him for $1,000. won grand championship 

63 



HISTORY OF THE DUROC 

at the International, 1911, selling him to 
J. W. Storm of Ohio later for $1,500, who 
in turn sold the boar and his entire herd 
of sows to Thos. Johnson, March, 1913. 
Browning developed the public sale busi- 
ness in his breeding of Durocs to a science 
and held more noted auctions than any 
other Duroc breeder, the most noted being 
his sale of show and breeding boars in No- 
vember, 1911, when he made an average of 
$303.65, something undreamed of in aver- 
ages at that date. Eleven consecutive sales 
held by him in which he sold about 550 
head made a grand average of $125. 

One of the sons of Ohio Chief that went 
West before Harding & Osborn bought the 
old hog was Model Chief. This hog was 
bought from Morton by Watt & Foust and 
developed by them. As a yearling he sold 
to J. Coy Roach, the man who afterwards 
paid $1,000 for Helen Blazes HI, the first 
sow of the breed to sell at that price. 
Through the efforts of the writer, Wm. 
Reed of Rose Hill, Iowa, purchased this 
boar of Roach and produced many hogs 
that have made history for the breed, one 
of which w^as Model Chief 2nd, Grand 
Champion of Iowa, 1908. Through the ex- 
cellent line of sows produced by Model 

64 




Perfect Defender 



Grand Chumploii Dnroc Jersey Boar, Indiana Bt«t« Fair. 1918 



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Chief and his sons, much Protection blood 
was injected into the Crimson Wonders 
and Golden Models. Among the other pro- 
ducing boars used in the Wm. Reed herd 
was Reed's Banker, a half brother to Proud 
Advance, out of a dam by Malcolm Chief, 
by Jumbo Red by Protection. Following 
the work of Model Chief 2nd, Wm. Reed 
purchased Chief Select from the Mahan 
herd, he by Cherry Chief and later added 
Reed's Top Col., a son of Top Col. A son 
of Orion Cherry King was used by him the 
past year and a half, a boar now owned by 
Kerns of Nebraska named Great Orion. 
Mr. Reed's herd is not a large herd, but it 
is doubtless the most uniform type herd in 
the United States, and as a real builder of 
good hogs — a constructive breeder — he 
stands with few equals and no superior. 

One of the herds which has come into 
the greatest prominence in the past five 
years is the herd of Prof. H. W. Mumford 
of Ann Arbor, Mich. He has been breeding 
Durocs almost as long as our oldest pio- 
neer breeders, but was content to breed 
and build in his quiet unostentious way 
until he had the foundation deep enough 
and broad enough to come before the pub- 
lic with a herd worthy of his position and 

65 



HISTORY OF THE DUROC 

his ambitions. Owing to his position in the 
Illinois University keeping him at a dis- 
tance from his herd, the building has neces- 
sarily been slower than if he had devoted 
his entire time to the work. Away back in 
the time of the early records he used a boar 
by Red Jacket from the Talmadge herd 
and the first recorded sow he owned was 
Plissy J., from the Stonebraker herd of 
Illinois. Ed's Eclipse, a boar from the 
Walter's herd in Ohio and a Col. M. boar 
and Liberty from the Morton herd were 
later used. Then two boars by Kant Be 
Beat from the Watt and Foust herd, one 
of them out of a Variety bred sow and one 
out of Rubertha, a winner in many fairs. 
This latter boar was called Fearnaught. 
Later a boar by Golden Rule was added, 
and Ohio Chief Again, the latter by Good 
Enuff by Golden Rule; King of Illinois 
from the McFarland herd was used a year 
or two. Then another Protection bred 
boar, Cherry King, Jr., by Cherry King, 
from the Jackson herd. This blood he 
intensified by later buying Brookwater 
Cherry King by the same sire. A few years 
ago he added more Protection blood from 
another source by purchasing The Prin- 
cipal 4th by The Professor by Ohio Chief, 

66 



HISTORY OF THE DUROC 

this boar's dam being Col. Stoner, he by 
King of Cols., and his second dam tracing 
to old Sensation 7393. Panama Special, an 
intensely bred Colonel boar, is naw being 
used along with his Protection bred boars 
and sows. There is probably more Protec- 
tion blood in Mr. Mumford's herd than can 
be found in any herd in the land. Prof. 
Mumford is one of our greatest Duroc 
judges and his work in the 1916 National 
Swine Show did more to unify Duroc breed- 
ers on proper type than any event of the 
recent past. 

Duroc history in the East would be in- 
complete without a notice of the Johnson 
& Son herd of Indiana. Among their first 
noted boars was John's Ohio Chief. This 
boar was out of Nellie Morton, she sired 
by Morton's King. John's Ohio Chief's 
daughters were probably the best produc- 
ing sows the East has ever known. They 
were not a large type, but were smooth, 
deep bodied, mellow and easy feeding. 
Mated with Colonel boars, they have made 
much history in shows and sales. Later 
Johnson & Son purchased Chief's Top 
Lady from Ira Jackson. This sow had been 
shipped to Mortons and mated to King of 
Cols., at the same time Lena J., dam of 

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Defender, was mated to this noted boar. 
From this litter came Top Col. He was 
used until the herd was dispersed, when 
he sold to Truax & Son of Ohio at $1,000. 
The Messrs. Johnson also produced Cherry 
Chief and sold him as an under year boar 
to Morton & Co., and the old hog later was 
purchased by J. C. Droz, Hanks & Bishop. 

Ernest Pancake of Illinois assembled a 
herd soon after the World's Fair in St. 
Louis and had at the head Ransom Chief, 
by Ohio Chief, one of the litter mentioned 
as produced by Browning, from old Helen 
Blazes and Ohio Chief. He also bought 
Prince Wonder, a boar by Decatur Boy of 
Jackson. This was one of the most perfect 
individual boars the breed has ever pro- 
duced. He died while being fitted for Illi- 
nois. Prince Wonder sows were all good 
producers. One of his sons. Prince Won- 
der Again, was grand champion at Minne- 
sota, 1911. Pancake later purchased De- 
fender and in 1911 sold him and his entire 
herd to East Bros, of Ohio. 

One of the families that has come into 
prominence in the last three years, and 
which seems destined to be in the lead for 
some time, is the Sensation family. At the 
present writing more boars of this family 

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are before the public in the West than the 
boars of all other lines combined. A large 
majority of these boars have been bred and 
developed by Wm. Moderow of Nebraska, 
a hog man of the first rank. The name 
Sensation is not nev^ for v^e find back in the 
early years of the breed the old boar Sen- 
sation 7393, sired by Orion R. by old Orion, 
Orion R. being farrowed in the Robert's 
herd and sold to Moorman of Indiana, one 
of Indianas pioneer breeders. Sensation 
was out of Hoosier Girl, a daughter of 
Winchester Chief, and the latter Is out of 
old Duchess 40th, the dam of Ohio Chief 
and Top Notcher. Sam Stewart of Ne- 
braska secured a son of Sensation from 
D. W. Brown of Indiana who had pur- 
chased old Sensation from Moorman and 
used him in his herd a number of years. 
This young boar, called Chief Sensation, 
was out of a sow that came from the Trone 
herd in Illinois and whose lines trace to 
Trones Hero, a winner at Chicago, 1893. 
One of the noted sows produced in the 
Stewart herd from this boar was Sensa- 
tion Girl, her dam a great granddaughter 
of old Top Notcher and Gold Dust Jim, 
the latter a Roberts and Russell bred boar 
that produced much improvement in Ne- 

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braska and Iowa Durocs in his time. Sen- 
sation Wonder and Sensation Wonder II 
came from a mating of Sensation Girl, with 
Wallace's Wonder, one of the many noted 
Crimson Wonder boars that came out of 
the cross of H. A/s Queen with Crimson 
Wonder Again. Sensation Rose, the dam 
of Great Sensation (Kern), King Sensa- 
tion (Labert), and Top Sensation (Mode- 
row & Toelle) is by Sensation Wonder, 
out of Red Rose, carrying a combination of 
Protection, Orion and Kruger breeding. 
The name Sensation has been used with 
all the prominent boars of that line, al- 
though they are as much Crimson Wonder 
as they are Sensation bred. Wallace's 
Wonder was produced by Wm. Sells from 
the Henry Allen boar. Crimson Wonder 
Again. Clarence Wallace produced Sensa- 
tion Wonder from Wallace's Wonder and 
Sensation Girl. Sensation Rose was mated 
by Moderow to Great Wonder I Am and 
produced the three Sensation boars men- 
tioned in the first of this paragraph as well 
as many others of less note and some ex- 
cellent sow stuff. Great Wonder I Am 
carries eight crosses of Protection breed- 
ing, seven of Crimson Wonder, two of 
Golden Model blood as well as a touch of 

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Orion and Critic lines. Great Wonder I 
Am's top lines trace back as follows: Great 
Wonder I Am, Great Wonder, B. & G.'s 
Wonder, P. V/s Wonder, Lincoln Won- 
der, Ohio Chief and Protection, the name 
''Wonder" in this line coming- from the 
dam of Lincoln Wonder, Morrison's Peach, 
a daughter of old Crimson Wonder, a 
noted sow of her day. The family of Sen- 
sations came prominently before the gen- 
eral public at the 1915 Nebraska Fair, 
when under year boars by Sensation Won- 
der 2nd won 1st, 2nd, 4th and Junior 
Championship at the show. Since that 
time the ascendancy of this line has been 
rapid and some of the largest boars and 
some of the best sows of the breed carry 
this line. 

The line of breeding known since 1912 
as the Defenders is really an intensifying 
of the Orion and Colonel blood. This De- 
fender blood has been linebred and inbred 
by the McKee Bros., who purchased old 
Defender in 1913 and have continued to 
improve and perpetuate this line. They 
have proven themselves real swine build- 
ers, and have produced a type peculiar to 
that blood line and a type that conforms 
in every particular to the large, stretchy, 

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high-backed hog which all breeders are 
striving to produce. They had in their herd 
as foundation material, sows of Ohio Chief, 
Golden Rule, Proud Advance, Orion Chief 
and Colonel lines, and produced many 
noted boars by these matings, but are now 
mating Defender boars to their Defender 
bred sows and have continually increased 
the size of their breeding animals, retained 
their prolificacy and produced one of the 
most prepotent lines of breeding which 
the breed has ever known. The Defenders 
are more intensely bred than any other 
family of the breed. Possibly the best 
boars and sows produced in this herd have 
been from the cross of Defender blood, 
with granddaughters of Cherry King, al- 
though the writer has contended that one 
of the best breeding sons of old Defender 
was Pilot Defender, his dam by Kelly's 
Pilot Wonder, a grand champion of Ohio 
several years ago. 

Another of the boar progeny of the 
Crimson Wonders that came into promi- 
nence is old Model Wonder 53981 by Crim- 
son Wodner I Am, out of a dam tracing 
to Pericles of the Roberts' herd. Pericles 
by old Orion. Hanks & BishoD bought this 
Wonder boar from U. G. Davidson and used 

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him in their herd following Top Notcher 
Again by old Top Notcher and other boars. 
From Browning they purchased Proud 
Col., a boar sired by Chief's Col., and out 
of old Proud Fancy by Proud Advance, 
and produced a wonderful lot of big, 
smooth brood sows. Later they purchased 
the old sire, Cherry Chief by High Chief, by 
Ohio Chief, and a few years ago followed 
with Pathfinder, one of the largest boars of 
the breed, a boar carrying the blood of Pro- 
tection and the Colonels, his sire being Pro- 
phetstown Chief by Cherry Chief by High 
Chief by Ohio Chief by Protection. His 
dam is by S. E.'s Premier Col., by Premier 
Col. by King of Cols., his second dam by 
Orion Chief. 

We have, several times in the history, 
referred to Cherry Chief 21335 and his 
progeny play an important figure in mod- 
ernDuroc history. He was sired by High 
Chief, he by Ohio Chief and was out of 
Cherry Queen, she by Baker's Bred Right, 
the latter boar carrying the same blood 
lines as old Orion. Johnson & Son of In- 
diana bought Cherry Queen and after- 
wards had her bred to High Chief. In No- 
ember, 1907, Morton & Co., a firm com- 
posed of S. E. Morton & Stewart Bros., 

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bought him and had him on their farm 
until he was six or seven years of age, 
when they sold him to J. C. Droz of Iowa, 
who in turn sold him to Hanks & Bishop. 
Among noted hogs sired by him were 
Chery King, one of the foundations of the 
Orion Cherry Kings; Cherry Chief II, 
owned a number of years by Thos. Johnson 
of Ohio; The Chief Col., at head of Mahan 
herd and later sold to Bartley and to Ger- 
laugh; Chief Select, a boar sold by Mahan 
into Iowa, and used in the Reed herd and 
other prominent herds in that state. 

One of the Duroc blood lines that was 
on the top round of popularity for a time, 
and a strain that showed as much easy 
feeding qualities as any the breed ever de- 
veloped, was the Golden Rules, perfected 
and produced in the Watt & Foust herd 
and carried by them to many high honors 
in the Ohio State and other shows. Golden 
Rule was sired by Choice Goods, a Protec- 
tion bred boar in the Jackson herd, the dam 
being Mayflower, a sow tracing to Col. M., 
the foundation of the Colonel family. 
Golden Rule produced Choice Rule and 
Good Enuff, both Grand Champions at 
Ohio, and Good Enuff produced Good 
Enuff Again, also Champion at the same 

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Fancy Orion M. 2nd 277198 



Grand Champion Duroc Jersey Sow, Ohio State Fair, 1918 



Fancy Orion 
M. 2nd 

277198 



^Fancy Col. 
2nd 61005 



rFancy Col. 

9749' 



27427 



Highland 

Lady 3rd 
. 120876 



fPal's Col. 
I 29167 



Fancy Orion -=J 
M. 196184 



Fancy Orion 
3d 120886 



King of Cols. 

19921 
Fancy Finish 

164072n 

Highland 

King 29217 
Lady Ideal 

3rd 72252 

Premier Col. 

24965 
Pal's Belle 

52960 

Fancy Col. 

27427 
Goldie Orion 

65922 



HISTORY OF THE DUROC 

state fair in 1910. The latter was sold to 
W. H. Robbins of Ohio for $1,000 and this 
boar weighed 925 pounds at 17 months of 
age. Good Enuff Again produced Burke's 
Good Enuff, a winner as a pig at Inter- 
national and was sold to C. F. Burke of 
Colorado. He won grand championship at 
Colorado and afterwards was sold to 
Economy Stock Farm, Iowa, and won for 
them grand champion at Illinois, 1915, and 
was used extensively in that herd. Good 
Enuff was also sire of Pride Enuff, used in 
the McKee herd a short time. The blood 
line of these boars, produced by Golden 
Rule, was founded on the noted Cedarvale 
sows in the Watt & Foust herd. 

In the McFarland herd of Missouri the 
name Wonder has been extensively used. 
This does not come from the Crimson 
Wonder name, but from the fact that they 
purchased some years ago descendants of 
old Lucy Wonder, Grand Champion at 
Chicago, 1893. They purchased at one 
time six gilts of this breeding from O. 
Walter & Bro., that were sired by Long- 
fellow, Jr., by Old Longfellow 6815, and 
were out of a grand daughter of Lucy 
Wonder. They also used Oom Paul from 
the Trone herd, a grandson of Jumbo Red. 

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Also Gold Finch, a boar with same blood 
lines as old Orion. They won grand cham- 
pionship at St. Louis with Dotie, a sow 
they had purchased of C. R. Doty and the 
following year had her mated to Tip Top 
Notcher and since that time boars of this 
latter breeding have been used in their 
herd. 



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SOME CHAMPIONS OF THE PAST 

B. & C/s Col. 80587n (Col. Carl 19265a) 
was full brother to King of Cols. He was 
grand champion of Iowa and Illinois, 1909, 
shown by Baxter & Coiner. 

Rosemary Duchess, by King of Cols., 
champion sow of Ohio, 1908. Sired by 
King of Cols., and was owned and shown 
by Whitehall Farm, Ohio. 

Col. S., by King of Cols., was grand 
champion, Kentucky, 1908, shown by 
Whitehall Farm. 

Much Col., by Chief of Cols., he by King 
of Cols., champion, Indiana, 1909, shown 
by D. W. Brown. 

Miss Orion, by Orion Chief, champion, 
Indiana, 1909, shown by Mahan. 

Medoc, Jr., grand champion, Nebraska, 
1909, and grandson of Kantbebeat, out of 
a Reed's dam, shown by Van Patten. 

Golden Queen, grand champion sow, 
Nebraska and Sioux City, 1909; shown by 
Waltemever. 

King of Col's. Ideal, by King of Cols., 
grand champion, Ohio, 1909; shown by 
Cline. 

Duchess Czarina 4th, grand champion, 
Ohio, 1909, sired by Top Chief, by Win- 

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Chester Chief and out of a dam by Choice 
Goods, by Chief of Ohio, litter brother to 
Ohio Chief, second dam by old Top 
Notcher, shown by Mahan. 

Crimson Jewell, grand champion sow, 
Iowa, 1909, sired by Ohio Chief, out of a 
Proud Advance dam; shown by Hanks & 
Bishop. 

Freed's Col., grand champion, Iowa, 

1910, sired by Prince of Cols., shown by 
Freed and afterwards owned by Freed & 
Harding. 

Golden Queen 3d, grand champion sow, 
Iowa, 1910, sired by Golden Model 2nd, 
out of a dam by Model Chief, by Ohio 
Chief; shown by Waltemeyer. 

Belle's Crimson Wonder, grand cham- 
pion boar, Nebraska, 1910, sired by Crim- 
son Wonder Again, out of a dam by Savan- 
nah Belle's Chief, by Ohio Chief; shown 
by Barnes. 

Jack's Friend, by Joe Orion, by Orion 
Chief, grand champion, Ohio, 1911. Dam 
by King's Pal, by King to Be; shown by 
Jackson. 

Pal's Prince, grand champion, Indiana, 

1911, sired by King Pal's Last, by King's 
Pal, dam by Prince of Cols. ; shown by 

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Harvey and sold to Sprague of Ohio for 

$1,010. 

Colonade, full brother to Pal s Prince, 
grand champion, Indiana and Interna- 
tional, 1912. Shown at Indiana by Harvey 
and sold to Goodwin, Illinois, for $900 and 
shown by Goodwin at International. 

Mc's Dream, grand champion sow. In- 
ternational, 1911, and Wisconsin, 1912, 
Illinois, 1913, sired by Fancy Orion Chief 
by Orion Chief; shown by Browning. 

Mo. Model Top, a grand champion Mis- 
souri, 1911, sired by Model Top, by Golden 
Model ; shown by Sheley & Clatterbuck. 

High Model by Golden Model 2nd, out 
of an Ohio Chief Dam, grand champion, 
Iowa and South Dakota, 1912; shown by 
Waltemeyer and afterwards sold to 
Shanks, Minnesota. 

Chief's Maid by Valley Chief, by Ohio 
Chief, out of a Top Notcher Again dam, 
grand champion sow at Iowa, 1912; shown 

by Davis. _.. 

Col's Pilot Wonder, by Kelly Pilot 
Wonder, by Brock's Wonder, by Pilot 
Wonder, grand champion, Ohio, 1912; 
shown by McLaughlin and sold to Smith 
& Rogers for $1,250. ^, ^ , 

Critic B., by Dusty Critic, by Glendale 

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Critic, grand champion, Nebraska and 
Kansas, 1912; shown by Danford and later 
owned by Widle. 

Sunbeam Girl, by B. & N. Chief, dam by 
Neb. Critic, grand champion sow, Ne- 
braska, 1912; shown by Hansen. 

Valley King, by Valley Chief, by Ohio 
Chief dam, by Top Notcher Again, grand 
champion, Iowa and Nebraska, 1911; 
shown by Harding. 

Orion Cherry King, grand champion, 
1913, shown by Jackson. 

Fancy Flo, by Fancy Col., grand cham- 
pion, Ohio and Kentucky, 1913; shown by 
Mahan. 

The Chiefs Model, by Cherry Cliief, 
grand champion, Indiana and Kentucky, 
1913; shown by Mahan. 

Big Wonder, by I Am Crimson Won- 
der, out of a Kruger bred dam, grand 
champion, Iowa, 1913; shown by Stevens 
and sold to Economy Farm. 

Golden Model 34th, by Golden Model 
2nd, grand champion, Nebraska, 1913. 

Fancy Advance 2nd, by Wallace's Won- 
der, by Crimson Wonder Again, grand 
champion sow, Nebraska, 1913, shown by 
Wallace. 

Illustrator, by L. E.'s Valley King, 

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grand champion, Illinois, 1913; shown by 
VanMeter. 

Lady Climax by II Climax out of Dotie, 
the St. Louis grand champion sow, grand 
champion, Missouri, 1913; shown by Mc- 
Farlands. 

Nebraska Belle, grand champion, Ne- 
braska, 1904, sold to Harding for $600, a 
record sow price at that time. 

Joe Orion 2nd, grand champion, Inter- 
national, 1913, by Joe Orion, by Orion 
Chief; sold by Sprague to Enoch's Farm 
at eight years of age at $5,000. 

Grand Model, grand champion, Iowa, 
1914; shown by Waltemeyer and retained 
in their herd as herd header until his death. 

Golden Queen 35th, grand champion 
sow, Iowa, 1914; shown by Waltemeyer. 

Echo's Crimson Wonder, grand cham- 
pion, Nebraska, 1914; sired by V^an's Crim- 
son Wonder, by Crimson Again dam, by 
Echo's Top King. 

Imperator, grand champion, Kentucky, 
1914, sired by Fancy Col., by King of Cols. 
II, by King of Cols; dam by Col. J., by 
Tippy Col, by Prince of Cols.; shown by 
WilHams, sold to Mayfield Farms. 

Royal King by Orion Cherry King, 
grand champion, Ohio, 1914; shown by 

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Jackson and sold to Johnson Bros., Minne- 
sota, for $2,650.00. 

Critic D., by Critic B., grand champion, 
Nebraska, 1915; shown by Widle. 

Grand Lady, by Grand Model, grand 
champion, Nebraska, 1915; shown by 
Waltemeyer. 

Golden Queen 16th, by I Am Golden 
Model 2nd, grand champion, Iowa, 1915; 
shown by Waltemeyer. 

Model Select 2nd, by Model Select, by 
Chief Select, by Cherry Chief, grand cham- 
pion, Iowa, 1915; shown by Spencer. 

Gold Certificate, by Gold Bond, by Good 
Enufif Again, grand champion boar, Ohio, 
1915; shown by Robbins. 

Pal's Lady, by Pal's Col, grand cham- 
pion, Ohio, 1915; shown by Gerlaugh. 

Taxpayer Thirteen, by Taxpayer, by 
Morton's Top Col., grand champion at 
San Francisco, 1915. 

Crimson Elizabeth, grand champion 
sow, San Francisco Exposition, sired by I 
Am Perfection Wonder, by Crimson Won- 
der Again; shown by Hoover. 

Taxpayer Model, grand champion, At- 
lanta and other southern shows, 1917, sired 
by Taxpayer by Morton's Top Col., bred 
by Watt & Foust, winner as pig at Ohio; 

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sold to Mahan Bros, at public auction at 
$550, record price for a six months' pig; 
sold in Mahan closing sale to Coldstream 
Farms. 

Orion Cherry King, Jr., grand cham- 
pion, Ohio and National Swine Show, 1916, 
sired by Orion Cherry King, dam by Jack's 
Friend; shown by Jackson & Foust, sold to 
Peacock & Hodge, Georgia. 

Joe Orion King (''Scissors"), grand 
champion. National Swine Show, 1917, 
sired by Orion Cherry King, out of dam 
by Joe Orion II; shown by Jackson, sold 
to Pine Crest Farms. 



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